Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) (the “Company”) today
announced financial and operating results for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2012.

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) (the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012.

Net operating revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2012, totaled $3.2 billion, an 8.1 percent increase compared with $3.0 billion for the same period in 2011. Income from continuing operations increased to $102.2 million, or $0.93 per share (diluted), for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $92.9 million, or $0.81 per share (diluted), for the same period in 2011. Net income attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. common stockholders was $0.93 per share (diluted) for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $0.39 per share (diluted) for the same period in 2011. Weighted-average shares outstanding (diluted) were 89.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, and 91.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2012, was $483.1 million compared with $462.3 million for the same period in 2011, representing a 4.5 percent increase. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA adjusted to exclude discontinued operations, loss from early extinguishment of debt and net income attributable to non-controlling interests. The Company uses adjusted EBITDA as a measure of liquidity. Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended June 30, 2012, was $295.6 million compared with $397.2 million for the same period in 2011.

The consolidated operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2012, reflect a 3.0 percent increase in total admissions and a 5.7 percent increase in total adjusted admissions compared with the same period in 2011. On a same-store basis, admissions decreased 2.0 percent while adjusted admissions increased 0.5 percent compared with the same period in 2011. On a same-store basis, net operating revenues increased 4.5 percent compared with the same period in 2011.